1 S olomon was building his own house thirteen years, and he finished all of it.

Después de que Salomón terminó de construir el templo, comenzó a edificar su palacio, el cual terminó en trece años.

2 H e built the house of the trees of Lebanon. It was as long as fifty long steps, as wide as twenty-five long steps, and eight times taller than a man. It was built on four rows of cedar pillars, and large pieces of cedar wood lying on top of the pillars.

Luego construyó otro palacio, al que llamó «Bosque del Líbano.» Medía cuarenta y cinco metros de largo, veintidós metros de ancho y catorce metros de alto; estaba sostenido por cuatro hileras de columnas de cedro, las cuales sostenían las vigas de cedro.

3 A nd it was covered with cedar above the rooms that were on the forty-five pillars, fifteen in each row.

Cuarenta y cinco columnas divididas en tres grupos de quince columnas cada uno, sostenían el techo de tablas de cedro.

4 T here were three rows of special windows on one side, and three rows of windows on the other side.

Además, había tres hileras de ventanas, una frente a la otra.

5 A ll the doors and windows were as high as they were wide. And there were three rows of windows on each side.

Las puertas y los postes eran cuadrados.

6 T hen he made a room for walking through of large pillars. It was as long as twenty-five long steps, and as wide as fifteen long steps. There was a porch in front with pillars, and an overhead covering in front of them.

Salomón mandó hacer también un pórtico de columnas, que medía veintidós metros de largo y catorce metros de ancho. Enfrente había otro pórtico, con sus columnas y su techo de madera.

7 H e made a room for the throne, the room for judging. It was where he would decide between right and wrong. It was covered with cedar from the floor to the roof.

Mandó hacer también el pórtico del trono donde juzgaba, el cual era conocido como «Pórtico de justicia», y de arriba abajo lo recubrió de cedro.

8 H is own house where he was to live, in the place behind the throne room, was built the same way. Solomon made a house like this room for Pharaoh’s daughter also, whom he had married.

En su palacio había un pórtico semejante al primero. Allí Salomón construyó para la hija del faraón un palacio semejante al suyo, pues la había tomado por esposa.

9 A ll these were made with stones of much worth, each one cut to be put into place. They were cut with saws, inside and outside, from the very base to the top of the roof, and from the outside to the largest room.

Toda la construcción se hizo con piedras de gran calidad, porque estaban cortadas con sierras y ajustadas a la medida, tanto por dentro como por fuera, y desde los cimientos hasta las cornisas, y por fuera, hasta el gran atrio.

10 T he base of the building was made with large stones of much worth. The stones were as long as five long steps, and four long steps.

Los cimientos estaban hechos con grandes bloques de piedra de primera calidad; unos bloques medían cuatro metros y medio, y otros medían tres metros y medio.

11 A bove this were stones of much worth, cut to go well into place, and cedar.

Toda la construcción era de piedras de primera calidad, cortadas a la medida y recubiertas de madera de cedro.

12 T he largest room had three rows of cut stone around it, and a row of cedar pieces. The same was around the open space in the house of the Lord, and the porch of the house. Hiram—the Able Workman

Alrededor del gran atrio había tres hileras de piedras labradas y una hilera de vigas de cedro, lo mismo que en el atrio interior del templo del Señor y en el vestíbulo del templo. Salomón emplea a Jirán de Tiro

13 N ow King Solomon brought Hiram from Tyre.

El rey Salomón mandó llamar de la ciudad de Tiro a Jirán,

14 H iram was the son of a woman whose husband had died, from the family of Naphtali. His father was a man of Tyre, who worked with brass. He was filled with wisdom and understanding and much learning for doing any work with brass. So he came to King Solomon, and did all his work. The Two Brass Pillars

que era el hijo de una viuda de la tribu de Neftalí. Su padre trabajaba el bronce y había nacido en Tiro; Jirán, por su parte, era un hombre muy capaz y, además, conocía todos los secretos para trabajar el bronce. Por eso Salomón lo llamó y le encargó realizar toda la obra.

15 H e made the two pillars of brass. One of them was five times taller than a man. And the length around each of them was as far as six long steps.

Jirán fundió dos columnas de bronce, que medían ocho metros de alto y cinco y medio metros de circunferencia.

16 H e made two top pieces of melted brass to set on the tops of the pillars. One piece to go on top was as tall as a man can raise his hand. And the other piece to go on top was as tall as a man can raise his hand.

Las columnas remataban en dos capiteles, también de bronce, que medían dos metros y veinticinco centímetros de alto.

17 H e made nets of network and turned strings of chain-work for the pieces on top of the pillars. There were seven for one top piece, and seven for the other.

Cada capitel iba sobre la parte superior de las columnas y estaba adornado con siete trenzas en forma de red y unos cordones en forma de cadena.

18 S o Hiram made the pillars. There were two rows of pomegranates around each network, to cover the top pieces.

A las redes que adornaban cada uno de los capiteles, las rodeó con dos hileras de granadas, y así quedaron cubiertos.

19 N ow the top pieces on the pillars of the porch were made to look like lily flowers, as tall as a man.

Los capiteles de las dos columnas que estaban en el pórtico tenían forma de lirios y medían un metro y ochenta centímetros.

20 T he top pieces were upon the two pillars, and above the round part beside the network. There were 200 pomegranates in rows around both top pieces.

Alrededor de cada capitel, y sobre la red, que tenía forma de globo, había dos hileras con doscientas granadas.

21 H e set up the pillars at the porch of the house. He set up the right pillar and called it Jachin. And he set up the left pillar and called it Boaz.

Luego de colocar las columnas en el pórtico del templo, a la columna de la derecha la llamó Jaquín y a la columna de la izquierda la llamó Boaz.

22 T he top pieces on the pillars were made to look like lily flowers. So the work of the pillars was finished. The Brass Pool

La parte superior de las columnas tenían tallados en forma de lirio, y con este detalle se puso fin a la obra de las columnas. Mobiliario del templo

23 N ow he made a large brass water pool. It was round, and as wide as five long steps. It was as tall as a man can raise his hand. And the length around it was as far as fifteen long steps.

Otro trabajo de fundición que hizo Jirán fue una pila redonda de cuatro y medio metros de diámetro por dos metros y veinticinco centímetros de altura y trece y medio metros de circunferencia.

24 G ourds went around the top of the pool. There were ten of them for every cubit. The gourds were in two rows, and made right in with the pool.

Alrededor del borde había dos enredaderas con frutos como calabazas; cada medio metro había diez frutos, que habían sido fundidos en bronce al momento de fundir la pila,

25 T he pool stood on the backs of twelve bulls made of brass. Three looked to the north. Three looked to the west. Three looked to the south. And three looked to the east. The water was set on top of them, and their back parts turned toward the center.

y la pila descansaba sobre doce bueyes, cuyos cuerpos quedaban hacia adentro, mientras que sus cabezas miraban, tres al norte, tres al occidente, tres al sur, y tres al oriente.

26 T he side of the pool was as far through as the width of a man’s open hand. Its round top was made like the top of a cup, like a lily flower. It could hold 2, 000 bottles of water. The Brass Stands

La pila tenía un grosor de siete centímetros, y el borde estaba labrado como un cáliz o una flor de lirio; su capacidad era de cuarenta mil litros.

27 T hen he made the ten stands of brass. Each stand was as long as two long steps, as wide as two long steps, and as high as a man’s neck.

Jirán fundió también diez bases cuadradas de bronce, las cuales medían un metro y ochenta centímetros por lado, y un metro y treinta y cinco centímetros de alto.

28 T his is how the stands were made. They had sides of the same length between the cross-pieces.

Las bases tenían unos tableros sujetados por un marco,

29 O n the side pieces between the cross-pieces were lions, bulls and cherubim. On the side pieces, both above and below the lions and bulls, there were round pieces of hanging work.

que estaban adornados con figuras de leones, bueyes y querubines, y tanto por encima como por debajo de estas figuras estaban cinceladas, en bajo relieve, unas guirnaldas.

30 E ach stand had four brass wheels on straight pieces of brass. At the four corners were pieces to hold up the basin. These pieces were made of melted brass with round pieces at each side.

Cada base estaba montada sobre cuatro ruedas de bronce; también sus ejes eran de bronce, y en las cuatro esquinas de la base, por debajo de la pila, había unas repisas fundidas y adornadas con guirnaldas.

31 I ts opening inside the crown at the top was a cubit. It was round like a pillar, one and a half cubits deep. There were pictures cut on its opening. And their sides were not round, but had four sides of the same length.

La boca de la pila tenía un cerco redondo que sobresalía medio metro, que sumado a la altura de su pedestal llegaba a setenta centímetros de altura; por encima, la boca tenía grabados unos marcos cuadrados y unos tallados en sus tableros,

32 U nder the sides were the four wheels. The pieces that held the wheels were on the stand. The height of a wheel was one and a half cubits.

los cuales eran sostenidos por cuatro ruedas, cuyos ejes estaba unidos a las bases. Las ruedas tenían setenta centímetros de altura

33 T he wheels were made like the wheel of a war-wagon. The straight pieces which held the wheels, the outside of the wheels, their crosspieces and their center pieces were all made of one piece of brass.

y se parecían a las ruedas de un carro con sus ejes, rayos, cubos, y cinchos, pero todo estaba fundido en bronce.

34 T here were four pieces at the four corners of each stand to hold it up. These were of one piece with the stands.

Las repisas que había en las cuatro esquinas de las cuatro bases, estaban hechas de una sola pieza.

35 A narrow piece went all the way around the top that held it up and the sides were of one piece.

En la parte alta de la base había una pieza redonda de veinte centímetros de alto; los tableros y las molduras que estaban encima de la base eran de una sola pieza.

36 H e cut pictures of cherubim, lions and palm trees in the plates of the parts that held it up and on its sides, where there was room. And there were pictures all around.

Jirán también grabó querubines, leones y palmeras, así como otros adornos alrededor, según el espacio.

37 H e made the ten stands like this. All of them were made alike. They had the same length, width and height, and looked the same.

Las diez bases que fundió en bronce eran idénticas en forma, medidas y grabados.

38 H e made ten basins of brass. One basin held 40 bottles of water. Each one was as wide as two long steps. And one basin was on each of the ten stands.

Luego Jirán hizo diez fuentes, también de bronce. Cada una de ellas medía un metro y ochenta centímetros y tenía capacidad para ochocientos litros, y estaba colocada sobre una de las diez bases.

39 T hen he put the stands in place. Five were on the south side of the house, and five were on the north side of the house. And he set the large basin of brass on the southeast corner of the house.

Cinco bases fueron alineadas a la derecha, y las otras cinco a la izquierda; la pila fue colocada al lado derecho del templo orientada hacia el sureste.

40 H iram made the basins, and the objects for digging, and the pots. So Hiram finished doing all the work for King Solomon in the house of the Lord.

Para terminar con las obras del templo del Señor, que Salomón le encomendó, Jirán hizo fuentes, tenazas y cuencos,

41 H e made the two pillars, and the two pots of the top pieces on the top of the two pillars. And he made the two networks to cover the two pots of the pieces on top of the pillars.

dos columnas con sus capiteles redondos en lo alto de las columnas, dos redes que cubrían los dos capiteles que estaban sobre las columnas,

42 H e made the 400 pomegranates for the two networks. There were two rows of pomegranates for each network, to cover the two pots of the pieces on top of the pillars.

dos hileras de doscientas granadas para cada red, colocadas en la parte más ancha del capitel,

43 H e made the ten stands with the ten basins on top of them.

diez fuentes con sus diez bases;

44 H e made the large basin and the twelve bulls under it.

una pila sostenida por doce bueyes;

45 H e made the pails, the objects for digging, and the pots. All these things which Hiram made for King Solomon in the house of the Lord were made of shining brass.

calderos, paletas, cuencos, y todos los utensilios para el templo del Señor. Todo lo que Jirán hizo para el rey Salomón, lo hizo de bronce pulido.

46 T he king made them in the plain of the Jordan, in the clay ground between Succoth and Zarethan.

El trabajo de fundición, el rey ordenó que se hiciera en la llanura del Jordán, entre Sucot y Saretán, porque ese terreno era arcilloso.

47 S olomon did not weigh any of the objects, because there were too many. The weight of the brass was not known.

Eran tantos los utensilios que se hicieron, que Salomón no preguntó cuánto bronce se había utilizado para hacerlos.

48 S olomon made all the holy things which were in the house of the Lord. He made the gold altar and the gold table for the bread before the Lord.

Salomón mandó hacer también todos los utensilios necesarios para el templo del Señor: un altar de oro, una mesa de oro sobre la que se colocaban los panes que se consagran al Señor;

49 H e made the lamp-stands of pure gold. There were five on the right side and five on the left side, in front of the most holy place. He made the flowers and the lamps and their objects out of gold.

cinco candeleros de oro puro para el lado derecho, y cinco más para el lado izquierdo, frente al Lugar santísimo, más las flores, las lámparas y las tenazas. Todo era de oro puro:

50 H e made the cups, the objects to put out the lamps, the pots, the dishes for special perfume, and the fire-holders, of pure gold. He made the hinges of gold, for the doors of the most holy place and for the doors of the house.

los cántaros, las despabiladeras, las tazas, las cucharillas y los incensarios; las bisagras de las puertas del Lugar santísimo y las de las puertas del templo. Todo era de oro puro.

51 S o all the work that King Solomon did in the house of the Lord was finished. And Solomon brought in the things which had been set apart by his father David, the silver and the gold and the holy things. He put them in the store-houses of the house of the Lord.

La construcción del templo del Señor se hizo tal y como lo había dispuesto el rey Salomón. Luego, Salomón depositó en los tesoros del templo del Señor todo lo que su padre David había dedicado, es decir, toda la plata, todo el oro y todos los utensilios.